Comments on Ambassador Watch: A Call for COGWA accountability

By the way, I did fix the link. Thank you Gavin f...

2016-03-14T14:15:23.021+13:00

By the way, I did fix the link. Thank you Gavin for pointing that out.

Joe here. I have been asked several times of what ...

2016-03-14T14:11:54.092+13:00

Joe here.
I have been asked several times of what I hope to gain through this effort. Although I don't expect any immediate results I am hopeful that some may ask more questions especially when they are confronted with similar situations. I know that this site an others like it have addressed these issues multiple time and have gotten zero results. However I am taking a different approach that MIGHT reach some.

I know many on this site may think of members of the COG are ignorant and stupid, and to a degree I will admit it is true. I assumed that the ministry was some what more spiritually mature, they were much more wise than myself and they had real scriptural support for why they made many decisions in private. Well after multiple encounters dealing with sexual predators and invalid suspensions I learned that these assumptions were incorrect. And then after I sent in my study in to COGWA's doctrinal committee and got their reply I learned that they have no scriptural support for making these in secrecy.

I know these revelations may seem elementary to many, but coming from someone who still believes many of the teachings of the COG's, it is significant.

If you want to reach someone who is currently in the COG's it isn't going to come through some allegations from the 1970's or through some rumor of misconduct- it is only going to take place by showing them the scriptures that emphatically show that the leadership has to be transparent. I have tried to do that.

If either Joe or Jonathan are currently in good st...

2016-03-13T10:38:01.664+13:00

If either Joe or Jonathan are currently in good standing in their splinter of choice, they won't be for long if they keep this up. Asking tough questions, especially ones that are begging to be asked, will not be tolerated for long...

News Flash--- LCG & COGWA MERGING! New acr...

2016-03-12T05:27:03.114+13:00

News Flash---

LCG & COGWA MERGING!

New acronym will be...

CLOGWAD ;-)

Transparency? You mean like the Wounded Warrior Pr...

2016-03-12T04:10:36.436+13:00

Transparency? You mean like the Wounded Warrior Project?

It shares an awful lot with Armstrongism and maybe the Armstrongists can learn a thing or two about manipulating their members and their public image.

Although, as it is with most things of this type, there does seem to be a shelf life and sooner or later there's going to be those who blow the whistle, not that whistle blowers get much respect and put themselves in a great deal of danger when it would just be better to acknowledge the group is totally dysfunctional, leave and move on.

After all that is said and done, it's probably not worth the effort, since the group isn't worth saving anyway.

Any COG can register with CHARITY NAVIGATOR so tha...

2016-03-12T02:32:47.043+13:00

Any COG can register with CHARITY NAVIGATOR so that we can see their Financials.
Like the dreadful CGI did, and we can see Shirley Armstrong's big salary and
their abysmal ZERO-out-of-Four star rating LOL

It's not going to happen. It is just not in t...

2016-03-11T20:52:59.025+13:00

It's not going to happen. It is just not in their dna. I've said many times that the leaders of all of these groups are incapable of recognizng and repenting of the sins of HWA. Anything the old man did is considered fair game, despite our changing times and the public calls for transparency amongst corporate types, police departments, and charitable organizations. You really know you've got a deeply institutionalized problem when you have a poster (several months ago on another site) share a personal experience in which he was conversing with his local minister, and commented to him, "I agree with you!" and the minister harshly reprimanded the man for having evaluated him. And of course, what recourse did the man then have? Phrases like "Lake of Fire", names like "Korah" and words like "disfellowship" would have been used if he chose to push his point further. Some of the ministers could really use a good sore jaw!

BB